Gromphadorhina | |
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Gromphadorhina portentosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Family: | Blaberidae |
Subfamily: | Oxyhaloinae |
Tribe: | Gromphadorhini |
Genus: |
Gromphadorhina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 |
Synonyms | |
Gromphadorrhina |
Gromphadorhina is a genus of large, flightless cockroaches from southern Madagascar; [1] they are typical of the tribe Gromphadorhini (hissing cockroaches) and common in the pet trade. [2] [1] In the older literature, the name is sometimes misspelled as Gromphadorrhina. [2]
The Cockroach Species File [2] lists:
All four Gromphadorhina species are widely kept as exotic pets, where the most well-known species is the Madagascar hissing cockroach, (G. portentosa), though this is debatable as at least two other species in the genus are commonly confused with it; G. oblongonota [3] [ better source needed]and G. picea. [1]
Gromphadorhina | |
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Gromphadorhina portentosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Family: | Blaberidae |
Subfamily: | Oxyhaloinae |
Tribe: | Gromphadorhini |
Genus: |
Gromphadorhina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 |
Synonyms | |
Gromphadorrhina |
Gromphadorhina is a genus of large, flightless cockroaches from southern Madagascar; [1] they are typical of the tribe Gromphadorhini (hissing cockroaches) and common in the pet trade. [2] [1] In the older literature, the name is sometimes misspelled as Gromphadorrhina. [2]
The Cockroach Species File [2] lists:
All four Gromphadorhina species are widely kept as exotic pets, where the most well-known species is the Madagascar hissing cockroach, (G. portentosa), though this is debatable as at least two other species in the genus are commonly confused with it; G. oblongonota [3] [ better source needed]and G. picea. [1]